Sleepless in Seattle

One of my favorite films is Sleepless in Seattle. I remeber seeing it in our local cinema (when we had one). It was a lovely film. I like films like this, romcoms with a romantic ending. I am not really into these so called action films where they show how many people they can hurt or kill in 2 hours. I think the story is important too. And the one of Sleepless in Seattle is a great one, in my opinion. It is about a man who looses the love of his life and moves with his son to Seattle. The son is very sad to see his dad so sad and hurt and he decides to call a radio programme to help his dad find a new wife. In the meanwhile a woman is on her way to family as it is Christmas eve and listens to this radioprogramme. She is very moved with the story behind it. It seems that every American woman listened to that programme as the man, Sam, and his son, Jonah, are receiving tons of letters from women who want to be Sam's new wife. One of them is Annie's, the woman on her way to her family. Jonah wants this lady to be his new mother. But there are some problems. Sam is dating a woman, who Jonah very much dislikes, and Annie is getting married to a very dull man called Walter. Jonah refuses to let the woman go and writes her a letter. He wants to meet her on top of the Empire States Building in New York on valentines day. Annie is in New York with Walter and Sam doesn't want to go to New York as he is dating this other woman, he thinks his son is going crazy. On valentines day, Sam discovers that Jonah is missing. He is on his way to meet his new mother. Jonah spends the whole day on top of the Empire States Building to ask every women up there if she is Annie. Annie is having a romantic dinner with Walter, when she sees the Empire States building lights up especially for valentines day. She tells Walter the truth and breaks of their engagement. She goes to the Empire States building to see if Sam and Jonah are there.

The good thing about this film is that Sam and Annie only meet twice in the film before they end up together. Annie is a journalist who wants to do some research on Sam and Jonah, and her boss allows her to go to Seattle. They only have eye contact in these moments and at the end they are together. Ofcourse they are. You can see it coming from miles around, but it is one of the reasons I like the film so much. I had a video tape of it, but I watched it so many times that it snapped. The DVD is a better alternative. It doesn't snap that easy. And Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are wonderful in this film. There is really magic when they meet. And the boy who played Jonah is a great actor too. I have no idea if he ever did something else after this film, but I really liked his way of acting. Sleepless in Seattle is really a kind of film for rainy, grey days, when you don't want to leave your house. I always get me a bunch of cookies or crisps and a cup of tea. I am always moved by the end of the film, even though I can almost spell the words they say.